Once again my car has been pushed back another week to July 19th, come July first if I see some good changes / additions, I will cancel it 100%
Similar situation here TheSUVGuy, albeit with my BMW X1 order placed at the end of March. Dealer said from the outset that it could be up to 5 months (end Aug) but then managed to nab a cancelled order slot which bought that forward by a month. A few weeks ago it slipped to end Sep, but the dealer managed to get BMW UK to reinstate it back to end July (I have screenshots of my order on the BMW system, so know I’m not being blagged). Problem is one of my options has been cancelled (Harman/Kardon Surround Sound System) and I’m not confident that more options won’t be cancelled as they are ‘chip heavy’ (such as Head-up Display and Adaptive Headlights) or that the delivery date won’t slip again.
I very much doubt that anything better will appear in the July list but, if it does, I will consider cancelling as I haven’t paid any deposit, even for the options.
Two issues would stop me from cancelling though. Firstly, if the car has been built (due to be built one month before delivery, so end June) then I wouldn’t cancel. Also, having spoken to a few other manufacturers, this chip situation is affecting almost all manufacturers (other than Hyundai, I believe), although some are being more honest about it than others. As the Sales Manager at our local Ford dealership said to me the other day, it would be a case of ‘jumping out of the frying pan into the fire’. He reckons that customers ordering new Fords today could face 6 months or longer waits due to the chip shortage!